Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. Chris Sawchuck from the Hackett Group interviewed three heads of procurement from three large companies, and asked an important question. Does procurement add to top line revenue. And if not – what will change?”.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

.” – Sir Winston Churchill Having just returned from the 2023 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global conference in Detroit, these words are very fitting to encapsulate the essence of the event. This involves creating a range of “what-if” simulations and contingency plans based on demand fluctuations and supply disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. . Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week. Executive Keynote.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Within a week of the COP26 conference wrapping up, massive floods in British Columbia severed the freight railroad serving the Vancouver, home of Canada’s largest port. We are chasing around North America trying to find other suppliers—at much higher rates,” the CEO of an Edmonton food manufacturer told the CBC. If so, when?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Newly Released Conference Board CEO Study. A further data point to these notions can be found in a newly released C-Suite Outlook Mid-Year survey report, published by The Conference Board. Sources indicated to Nikkei that Samsung desires to more closely review its inventory levels to ensure that stocks are manageable.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 1, 2023

As such, candidates for this program can stem from finance, IT, project management or center of excellence roles, in addition to supply chain areas of procurement, planning, execution or other areas and backgrounds depending on the scope and emphasis of the transformation. We especially applaud ASCM in this approach.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Today I attended the SAP Insider Conference. For the last fifteen years, I attended this conference. I yearn for the years when the SAP Insider conference was larger and full of energy. As a conference attendee, the discussions of digital transformation for me stretches over the period of 1988-2017. The answer?

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